2013 Qatar Open
# 2013 Qatar Open

The 2013 Qatar Open (also known as 2013 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from December 31, 2012, through January 5, 2013.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 1 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 10 | 2 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 20 | 3 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 25 | 4 |
| FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 32 | 5 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 38 | 6 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 40 | 7 |
| ESP | Pablo Andújar | 42 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa
* Mohamed Safwat
* Mousa Shanan Zayed

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Daniel Brands
* Dustin Brown
* Jan Hernych
* Tobias Kamke

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Xavier Malisse
* Rafael Nadal

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 28 | 1 |
| AUT | Julian Knowle | SVK | Filip Polášek | 69 | 2 |
| ITA | Daniele Bracciali | AUT | Oliver Marach | 72 | 3 |
| CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Michal Mertiňák | 72 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Abdulrahman Harib / Mousa Shanan Zayed
* Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa / Mohamed Safwat

## Finals

### Singles

* Richard Gasquet defeated Nikolay Davydenko, 3–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–3
* It was Gasquet's 1st singles title of the year and the 8th of his career.

### Doubles

* Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Julian Knowle / Filip Polášek, 7–5, 6–4
